Antitrust Suit Against Apple Over App Store Dismissed

A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit that accused Apple of monopolistic practices in operating its App Store for mobile devices. But the case is likely to resurface.

The plaintiffs–Robert Pepper, Stephen Schwartz, Edward Hayter and Harry Bass–had filed their initial suit against the Cupertino, Calif., company on Dec. 29, 2011, over Apple’s refusal to allow customers who own its devices to download applications any other way than through its App Store.